Prefabricated building



Feb. 14, 1939. J c ESTES 2,146,726

PREFABRICATED BUILDING Filed Sept. 22, 1937 2 Z //V\/ENTOR.

Jose oh C. Eafcs.

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t j M, 2,146,72 r g h m men ous BU LDIN I Joseph C. Estes; Woonsocke t; assig nor to p Austin T.Levy, llarrisvillerkl. i i i ap lication September zaieaase ie n .165,101" a 1201m loin-1a r a p Myinvehtion relates to prefabricated buildings. face through the provision oi' an improved bottom It has heretofore been proposed to construct support and guide strip ior the plaster. These buildings havingfpartition .walls built up of and other objects and advantages of myimprov ed paneled structures comprising an insulating partition structure will, however, hereinafter V board and plaster anchoring material ad acent more'fully appear; h u I each side of theboard and spaced therefrom" by In the accompanying drawing, I have shown'i'or .means of reeniorcing rods, and to rest the panels purposes of illustration one'mbodiment which my directly uponthe sub-flooring and provide holes inventionmay assume in practice. i t.

where necessary in the sub-flooring to receivethe In the drawing, 1 a v I lOiower endsofthe rods. Another method of sup- Figure lis a broken perspective view-of a 1() "poi'ting h a titi tr t r h s b en to partition 'wall of my improved construction the support; the panels andVch'annel studs at their same being shown as first erected and when lower edges byja .horizontal channel member c mp t n 1 which is adapted-to rest directly on the suba 21s a p n view' of the improved parti- 153 flooring, and to permit the anchoring rnaterial firm supporting b 1 i supporti g music have their lower endsextend e e g to u e hit w l'be noted that a a downwardly intothe channel memb'er' As a resuitable l o I o heavymatcned boerds sult or the first or these constructions it has been s p v d d s a nt u us supp t estru ture- 'ne'cessaryto make provision in the sub-flooring to ng o any usual floor joists (not shown).

receive the lower ends of the anchoring material In y proved construction, up n thissub-fl O a supporting rods, andsince these rodsare spaced ing VI and in any desired location, an improved relatively closely togethenthe provision of holes partition supp rtin as h r in mpris n a \to receive thelrodsand the fitting of the latterin base member or strip 1," is nailedbr securedjby these holeshas required anappreciable amountof spikesfor nails land the partition is carried on 35 time and'labor, The latter of these methods of and cooperates with this member 2 in animproved 1 supporting the partition structure has also 7 manner. 1 i necessitated the us f an additional and rela In accordance with' i vent t e p it tively expensive lower metal channel member for supporting member or "strip 2 is of a thickness receivingihe ends of both the p'anel and the substantially equal to. that of the hardwood; anchoringjmaiterial supporting rods, all in such tongue and groove flnishflooring I which is to be 30 manner as to result in a high cost of iabrication. laid o eSu -fioorin'g in the usual manner when Moreover, difliculty'ihas been experienced with h Pa tion Wal s are colrip e fi -v s uppo tb th th se p i s eth d of ti partition ing member! is also or such width that it will rewalls in applying t t r m t coating Since r ceive well within its lateral limits'a panel'board or the latter'extended to the sub-flooring; and in i la in sheet 5 of the usual thickness, and i 35 applying thesamein a coating of equal thickness reticulated metal 5, forming Q E over its entire area; since no,guiding means was 781181 for the plasterand'spaced o t e panel provided to assist the plasterer. i b d y Supporting rods 'reoventhIs inclin- My invention has among its objects to remedy ber 2-is of such greaterwidth than the panel as to" 1 *theabove difllcultiesand to decrease construction extendion Side thereof Substantially b y d a cost in erecting such partition walls, while facilithe n o c material 5 and provide supportia tasting and expediting assembly and producing oneach sideof andbelow the panel to suppo t a an improved wall. I A further object of my invenfinish 8 Plastering 8, So that the coat tion is to provide an improved construction, Plaster may be made Substantially flus w e "whereby it is made possible to eliminatethe drilip eted, w t e outer edge of the supp rting i r thernole forming operationsf'necessary member 2. Further, it will be noted that the to supply openings toreceive the rods 'of the member 2 has vertical sides 2b extending below wall structure andall need for insertingthe rods t e bottom edge of both plastersurfaces fora in suchhol'esfwhile also=securely fastening the substantial distance, herein equal to thethickpanels and eliminating all need for such bottom ness of the flooring 4, so thatthe plaster may be 50 t channelmembers as heretofore provided. A furreadily applied and finishedoff flush therewith, ther object of my invention is toproduce an imit beingunderstood that the plaster is preferably 'p'roved partition structure, wherein, while obapplied before laying the floorjl. 1 n taming theseadvantageait isaiso made possible In further accordance] with my invention, I

to' obtain a greatly improved 'flnished wallsur-c provide longitudinatgrooves 8 in the upper sur- 55 tion wall.

face of the supporting member 2 to receive the lower ends of the anchoring material supporting rods 1. As illustrated on the broken section, the grooves l are disposed in spaced parallel relation so as to form a supporting area ill of approximately the same width as the thickness of the wall panel 6, to support the panels along their bottom edges. Further, it will be noted that the grooves l are so disposed as to be close to the surtom edge of this anchoring material extends into close proximity to the supporting surface In. Further, with the panel boards 5 assembled substantially as heretofore, and held in position by channel studs l2 arranged in back to back relation, the lower ends of these channel studs H are carried on a suitably connected foot plate [8,01 the same width as the supporting member 2 and nailed by the spikes or nails 3, through convenient holes in the plate, to the supporting member 2 while also nailing the latter to the subfloor I.

As a result of my improvement, it will be noted that improved provision is made not only to support and locate the panel boards, channel studs, and anchoring material supporting rods, but also to facilitate and expedite partition assembly and to support the outer plastering and furnish a guide by which the plastering may be applied in an even coating to the outer surface of the parti- Note further that this results in a unitary wall of consistent thickness and standard appearance which is firmly secured to the flooring structure. Additional strength is given to the support of the partition wall by the finish flooring 4 which is laid after the coating of plaster has been applied to the wall, the boards in the finish flooring (herein at their ends) abutting'against the sides of the supporting member 2 in such a way as further to increase the firmness of the support for the partition wall structure. Attention is here directed to the inexpensive manher of assembling the partition wall and to the low cost of the partition supporting member, which may be a wooden strip with the grooves milled on the surface thereof, all while obtaining an improved supporting and locating means for the partition wall.

While I have in this applicationspeciflcally shown one of the embodiments which my invention may assume in practice, it will be understood that this iorm is shown for purposes of illustration and that the same may be modified and embodied in other forms without departing from its spirit. or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a wall construction, a base Fs'trip having a panel supporting portion and recessed means therein, stud means supported on said supporting portion, a wall panel held between said stud means and disposed above said recessedmeans, and coating anchoring spacing means on said panel extending into said recessed means.

2. In a wall construction, a base having a supporting portion and a longitudinal groove, stud ing a supporting portion and a longitudinal groove, stud means supported on said supporting portion of said member, a wall panel held be tweensaid stud means and disposed above said groove, said longitudinal groove extending substantially parallel with the lower edges of said panel, plaster anchoring material overlying said panel, and spacing means supporting said anchoring material and receivableat their lower ends in-said groove.

4. In a wall construction, a base strip having a supporting portion, a recessed portion therein,

and a coating support on the opposite side of said recessed portion from said supporting por-' tion, stud means supported on said first portion, a wall panel held between said stud means and disposed above said recessed portion, anchoring means on said panel having spacing means in said recessed portion, and a coating overlying having spacing means in said groove, and a coating support on said base member extending along said groove on the outer edge ofsai'd member.

6. In a wall construction, a base comprising a base member having a longitudinal groove, stud means supported on said member, a wall panel held between said stud means and above said member, coating anchoring means on said panel having spacing means in said groove, a coating support on said base member extending along said groove on the outer edge of said member, sub-flooring below said base member, and finish flooring laid on said sub-flooring and engaging the side of said coating support.

7. In a wall construction, a base member having a supporting portion and parallel longitudinal grooves, upright stud means supported on the supporting portion of said member, a wall panel held between said stud means and disposed above said grooves, plaster anchoring means disposed over said wall panel, and means spacing said anchoring means from said panel and having the lower ends thereof received in said grooves.

8. In a wall construction, a base comprising a member having a supporting portion, recessed portions on opposite sides thereof, and laterally extending plaster supports outside said recessed portions, studmea'nssupported on said supporting portion, a wall panel held between said stud means and disposed above said recessed portions, plaster anchoring means overlying the opposite faces of said panel having spacing means extending into said recessed portions, and plaster ap-- plied over said anchoring means supported on said plaster supports and extending to the outer edges thereof. l

9. In a wall construction, a base comprising a member having parallel longitudinal grooves and laterally extending plaster supports outside said grooves, upright stud means supported on said member, a wall panel held between said stud means and resting on said member between the grooves, plaster anchoring means disposed over said wall panel, means including rods spacing said anchoring means from said panel and received at their lower ends in said grooves, and plaster applied over said anchoring means and extending to the edge of said base member and supported on said supports.

10. The combination in a wall structure, of sub-flooring, a partition supporting member resting on said sub-flooring and having parallel longitudinal grooves and plaster supports extending laterally outside said grooves, channel studs supported on said member, a wall panel held between said channel studs, reticulated metal disposed over said wall panel, means including rods spacing said reticulated metal from said wall panel and having lower ends received in said 7 grooves, plastering extending to the edge of said Patent No, 2,1l 6,726.

CERTIFICATE 0F CORRECTION 11. In combination, a prefabricated wall structure having panels carrying means for spacing reticulated coating carrying metal from the surface of the panels, and a base strip comprising a member disposable longitudinally of said panels for supporting the latter and having parallel recessed means for receiving said spacing means and also having coating supporting surfaces on opposite sides of said member outside said recessed means. i

12. In combination, a prefabricated wall structure having panels carrying means for spacing reticulated coating carrying metal from the surface of the panels, and abase member comprising a member disposable longitudinally of said panels for supporting the latter and having parallel grooves for receiving said spacing means and also having, coating supporting surfaces on opposite sides of said member outside said grooves.

JOSEPH C. ESTES.

February 11. 195 9.

JOSEPH c. Earns.

It is hereby certified that error appears inthe printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, second column, line 2, claim 2, for the word "portion" read panel;

and that the said Letters Patentshould be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of April, A.D. 1959.

,(Seal) Henry Van Arsdale Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

